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TIL that martial arts legend Sammo Hung has a large circular scar just above his lip on the right side of his face that he got when he was stabbed with a broken cola bottle in a street fight early in his career

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kOPxE TIL that when a child actor is cast in California, a trust fund, or Coogan account, is setup to store at least 15% of their earnings. This was after the parents of Jackie Coogan, a child star from some early Charlie Chaplin movies, squandered nearly all of his fortune before he reached adulthood
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bVQQ TIL The center of the Earth is hotter than the surface of the sun yet the pressure is so great (3.5 million times surface pressure) that at the inner core, even at that temperature, iron solidifies.
dD559 TIL Malcolm X, while serving a prison sentence in his early 20s, spent his time reading the dictionary and copying its pages to improve his vocabulary. This practice not only expanded his knowledge but also transformed him into one of the most articulate civil rights leaders.
W7kgo TIL Pope Gregory XVI opposed gas lighting and railways, believing that they would create commerce and lead to liberal reforms. Gregory XVI in fact banned railways in the Papal States, calling them chemins d'enfer ("road to hell", a play on the French for railroad, chemin de fer, "iron road")